Website Resources recommended by IJV

Here are a number of thoughtful, well-informed sources of understanding about the current situation and the breadth of opinion within our Jewish community.

Two specific pieces published last week by Israelis which give especially valuable and broad overviews of how many Israelis see the current situation:

http://972mag.com/no-end-in-sight-occupation-marks-45th-anniversary/47544/ by Noam Sheizaf, a respected independent journalist and editor in Israel

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/jun/07/israel-in-peril by David Shulman, professor of humanistic studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jewish Israeli sources of current information and analysis:

• Haaretz daily newspaper English online edition, especially writers Amira Hass, Gideon Levi, Akiva Eldar – http://www.haaretz.com/
• B’Tselem:  the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories -- http://www.btselem.org/
• Gush Shalom – “Peace Bloc” led by Uri Avnery -- http://gush-shalom.org/
• Rabbis for Human Rights -- http://rhr.org.il
• +972 http://972mag.com/ Independent online reporting and commentary
• Israel Committee Against House Demolitions -- http://www.icahd.org/
• Breaking the Silence:  Israeli soldiers re occupation http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/

North American Jewish organizations whose websites offer valuable perspective:

• New Israel Fund -- http://www.nif.org/
• Jewish Voice for Peace – I am a member of its Rabbinic Council - http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
• Rabbis for Human Rights – North America – I am a member -- http://www.rhr-na.org/
• Independent Jewish Voices – Canada – I am a member -  http://ijvcanada.org/
• J Street, “the political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans” -- http://jstreet.org/